Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3515

 

Use-after-free in Google Chromium - CVE-2024-3515

Published: April 10, 2024 / Updated: April 10, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU88436
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3515
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the Dawn component in Google Chrome. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chromium
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Fedora
chromium
chromium (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-3515

Install update from vendor's website.

Google Chromium - update to 123.0.6312.122
Microsoft Edge - update to 123.0.2420.97
Google Chrome - update to 123.0.6312.122
chromium - addressed in versions 123.0.6312.122-1.el7, 123.0.6312.122-1.el8, 123.0.6312.122-1.el9, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc38, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc39, 123.0.6312.122-1.fc40, 124.0.6367.78-1.el9, 124.0.6367.91-1.el9, 124.0.6367.118-1.el9, 124.0.6367.155-1.el9, 124.0.6367.201-1.el9, 125.0.6422.60-1.el9, 125.0.6422.76-1.el9
chromium (Debian package) - update to 123.0.6312.122-1~deb12u1

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